Iron Hill Partners With A&M Capital Opportunities To Support Market Expansion

Founded in 1996 by home brewers Kevin Finn and Mark Edelson, and restaurateur Kevin Davies in Newark, DE, Iron Hill has grown from its original location to 11 units serving the greater Philadelphia/Wilmington region.  “Since its founding 20 years ago, Iron Hill has always provided the highest quality food and beer in an environment that‘s part of the community fabric” says Kevin Finn, Co-Founder and President of Iron Hill. He went on to say “we are truly humbled by the reception and loyalty from our patrons over the last two decades.”

The Company’s focus on service, quality and community has led to Iron Hill winning 44 medals at the Great American Beer Festival over the last 19 years, being rated as one of Zagat’s most popular Philadelphia restaurants, and being named “World Champion Brewpub” at the World Beer Cup three times.  Finn went on to say “every award hanging in our offices is a direct result of the amazing talent and effort of our team.  Their passion and dedication have been the reason for our success.”

With their 12^th location slated to open in Huntingdon Valley, PA in summer 2016, the Company wanted a capital partner to accelerate growth to bring Iron Hill to more communities throughout the East Coast.  “We focus on creating partnerships with strong entrepreneurial leaders like the team from Iron Hill to help businesses achieve their fullest potential.” stated Drew Baird, Managing Director and Co-Founder of AMCO. “The Iron Hill brand is uniquely positioned to appeal to a very broad customer base and we plan to expand so even more communities have the opportunity to experience all that Iron Hill has to offer.”

“Iron Hill has always focused on building for the long-term, and the AMCO partnership will allow us to invest significantly in strengthening our business as we accelerate the opening of Company owned stores across the East Coast,” stated Mark Edelson, co-Founder & Head of Brewing Operations.  He went on to say “we knew AMCO was the right partner to help execute our growth strategy because of their unique combination of partnering with founders to build businesses and their affiliation with Alvarez & Marsal, the largest operational consulting firm in the world. This provides access to a deep bench of industry and functional experts that we can leverage to support our continued expansion.”

In addition to providing capital to facilitate growth, Drew Baird and Paul Lattanzio, the founding partners of AMCO, will join Iron Hill’s Board of Directors and share their extensive experience building great consumer facing brands.  “After getting to know the management team, we knew that Iron Hill was a brand positioned for growth.  We are thrilled to work with Kevin, Kevin and Mark in this exciting next stage of growth,” stated Paul Lattanzio, Senior Managing Director and Co-Founder of A&M Capital Opportunities.